Advertising-cabinet.



L. H. BAKERr ADVERTISING CABINET.

AEPLIGATIOII FILED SEPT. 8, 1911.

Patented July 2, 1912.

COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH coWAsHlNDTON. D.. c.

L. H. BAKER. ADVERTISING CABINET.

APPLIUATION FILED vSEPT. 8, 1911.

1,030,862. Patented July 2, 1912.

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mmmumlmmm LAWRENCE I-I. BAKER, 0F BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA.

.ADVERTISING-CABINET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 2, 1912.

Application `filed September 8, 1911. Serial No. 648,321.

To all whom 'it `may concern:

a citizen of the United States of America,l

residing at Birmingham, in the county of Jefferson and State of Alabama, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Advertising-Cabinets, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to .certain improvements in advertising means for use in con* nection with a toilet cabinet ,and consists in the provision of a transparent display film or `belt which is adapted to be turned in feeding ythe paper, in combination with a means for flashing on a light vto `display the advertisements only when the apparatus is in use.

A further object of -my invention is the provision of a novel and effective means to insure the light'being kcut out except when the cabinet is in use.

A still further object is to facilitate the exchangeof advertising matter and the repair of the apparatus by mounting the ad-` vertising apparatus in a frame-work which is .detachable from the cabinet.

My invention further comprises the details of construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter more particularly described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a vertical crosssectional elevation through the center ofthe cabinet. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of Fig. 1 partly broken away. Fig. 3 isa detail view of the advertising apparatus detached, and Fig. 4 is a front elevation of Fig. 3 with the display belt and `battery removed. Fig.' 5 is a detail view of the circuit controlling device.

Similar reference numerals refer to similar parts throughout the drawings.

The cabinet is formed preferably of an elongated metallic casing having a front wall 1 provided with a glass covered opening *2 near its bottom portion and having a top 3 and a side door mounted on hinges 4. The Atop is provided with a holder L5 to receive a slide 6 which carries a pair of hangers 7 in which the roll 8 for the toiletpaper 9 is journaled. In the lower portion of :the cabinet I insert a metallic frame-work 10 having rolls 11 .and 12 journaled at its upper corners vand lprovided also with a slot 13 which receives the axes of an idler Aroll 14. At the lower front corner of the frame Be it known .that I, LAWRENCE H. BAKER,

10 I mount a roll 15 provided with a felt or like cover, and at the rear lower corner of the frame-work I mount two rolls 17 and 18, which likewise have felt covers. The roll 18 is set in an inclined slot 19 formed in a rear extension 2O of the frame and `this roll is forced downwardly in this slot and against the roll 17 by means of a spring 21, which `is fastened on a pin 22 and bent around a pin 23 with its free end engaging the axle 24 of the roll 18. This insures an Veffective frictional grip between the rolls 17 and 18, which are the Arolls utilized to feedA the paper, which, it will be noted, is passed under the idler 14 and over the pulley 12 and between the pulleys 17 and 18, below which it passes out through a slot 25 at the bottom of the .cabi-net. An endless display belt 2G, preferably of y,transparent material, `is provided with a series of transparent display advertisements .and the belt, which is endless, passes continuously around the pulleys 11, 12, 15 and 17 ,and is held in proper. `tension by the idler 14.

The frame-work is provided with a cross support 27 on which is mounted a dry battery 28. A spring clip 29 holds `the battery against accidental displacement,holding it pressed against a cross plate V50. The clip is bolted at its center to bar 51. I mount an electric light bulb 30 in the cabinet opposite the-opening 2, the socket 31 for the bulb being attachedto a back plate 52 and being connected by wire 32 with a Contact post 53 on plate 50. This post is adapted to engage the terminal 33 of the battery, the other terminal of which will engage with a Contact 34 from which the wire 35 leads to a con` tact post 36 that projects through an opening in the lower side wall of the frame from which it is suitably insulated. At its outer end this post carries the fiattened contact plate 37. A spring contact 138 is hinged to ;a pin 39 mounted 4in the frame but insulated therefrom, and normally khangs by gravity yaway from the contact 37. Pin 39 projects through the frame and has connected :to its `inner end a wire 40 which leads to the .lamp socket. The operating shaft 41 for the roller 17 is adapted to extend through the side wall of the cabinet and there be connected to a milled wheel by which it'may be turned. Between the casing `and the ad- Y ing apparatus l play belts.

jacent end of the frame 10, I mount upon this shaft 41 a contact make and break de-V frand breakdevice 43 (Fig. 5) will be swung upwardly engaging the spring 38 and forcing it upwardly and into position to engage the contact 37, or to the dotted line position shown in Fig. 3. When this takes place, the circuit to the lamp is closed from the terminal 34 through the wire 35 to the contact post 36, spring 38,'pin 39, and wire 40 and back through wire 32 and terminal 53 to the battery. As long as the wheel 42 is grasped and isbeing turned, this circuit will be held closed, but the moment the wheel is released by the hand of the operator, the contact maker 43 drops by gravity away from the spring 38 and breaks the lamp circuit. l'3y this means the lamp is flashed on only. while .the apparatus is in use and a minimum of currentis consumed. Should the battery need replacing or any part of the advertisbecome defect-ive, or require exchange or renewal, the end door of the casing can be quickly opened and the entire advertising apparatus withdrawn and a new apparatus substituted without delay. This advantage is .of particular importance where it is desired to frequently replace the dis- -The frame 10 is provided with extensions 45, 46, and 47, to give it a close lit with the i walls of the casing. Where convenient, elec- 'tric current for the lamp may be delivered from house wires to the contacts and the dry battery eliminated. Also the form and arrangement of the circuit connections may be varied so long as a circuit is automatically broken the moment the pressure of the operatoris hand is withdrawn from the wheel 42.

In order to insure the positive breaking of the circuit connections to the vlamp the moment the hand wheel is released, I pro- 'thus bending the spring contact 38 under vide an insulated stop 49 about which the contact38 is bent with a spring act-ion by the' make and break device 43 (Fig. By

tension, it will require the friction of the turning pressure from the hand wheel on the axle 41 to hold the spring in position to close the circuit.

It will be noted that in this construction the .toilet paper does not pass between the window 2 and the lamp 30, which is the case in the patent to Wilkes No. 898,949.

In order to enable one to easily inspect the amount of paper on the roll without necessitating the ope-ning of the casing, I provide a glass covered opening 54 in the side of the casing so positioned that the paper ro-ll is visible.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1.*Thecombination of a cabinet having a transparent window, a body of paper supported therein, a series of guide rollers located; therein, an advertisement carrying strip passing around some of said rollers, an operating hand Vwheel connectedto one of said rollers and adapted to effect the feeding of said paper from said cabinet, an

electric lamp, an electric circuit for said lamp, and circuit controlling meansV comprising a circuit closer in frictional engagement with said hand wheel and adapted to be moved thereby to close said ,circuit when the hand wheel is being turned to feed the paper, and means to automatically and positively move said circuit closer to open the circuit as soon as pressure on the 'hand wheel is released.

2. The combination of a cabinet having a transparent window, a roll of ,paper movably supported in the upper part of said cabinet, a detachable advertising apparatus disposed in said cabinet below said paper Vroll and comprising an endless advertisement carrying` strip, a pluralityA of guide rollers therein, means to simultaneously advance'said strip and feed said paper from said cabinet, a lamp to display the advertisements opposite said window, Velectric circuits for the lamp, a make and break switch in said circuits, means to close said switch by frictional engagement with the paper feed means while being operated, and means to automatically open said. switch as soon as said feed mechanism isreleased by the hand of the operator, substantially as described.

3. The combination with a cabinet having a transparent window, of a roll of paper supported therein, and an advertising medium 'comprising a frame-work detachably mounted in said cabinet, rollers journaled in said frame-work, a storage battery and an electric lamp connected to said framework, an advertisement strip passing around some of said rollers, one of which has an aXle projecting through said cabinet, a hand wheel connected to said aXle and adapted f' to turn a roller, means coperating with said latter roller to turn the advertisement strip and feed said paper through an opening in the cabinet, a normally open electric circuit for said lamp, a circuit closer movable by frictional engagement with parts operable with the hand wheel to close said circuit yas longV as pressure is applied to said hand wheel to turn it, and means to disengage said circuit closer when pressureon theV hand wheel ceases. K Y

.4. A display cabinet comprising a front ytransparent window, a roll of paper movably supported near the upper end of the cabinet7 a number of feed rollers rotatably mounted in the cabinet and disposed below said paper roll, a transparent advertisement strip adapted to pass around two or more ot' said rolls and in front of said window, an electric lamp disposed in the cabinet oppositeA said window7 one part of said strip being` arranged between said lamp and window, an idler roller which rests on said strip and maintains its tension about said rollers, the paper from said roll being passed under said idler roller and down behind said lamp and between two or more rollers, means to cause said latter rollers to grip said paper strip and also said advertisement strip, a

hand wheel operable from without the cabinet and connected to one of said latter rollers, a normally open electric circuit for said lamp, means operable by said hand wheel which close said lamp circuit only while the Wheel is being operated, and spring means to positively break said circuit when the hand wheel is released.

In testimony whereof I atlix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

LAVRENGE H. BAKER.

Witnesses t SALLIE FosHEn, It. D. JOHNSTON, Jr.

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Washington, D. G. 

